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by NoZebra120vClip 1117 days ago
Sometimes it helps to give it the silent treatment. Let it ask 3 times, don't wear out your voice or raise your diastolic, and then maybe you're transferred to an intelligent prison inmate.
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They'll optimize that to hang up on an inactive line.
Most companies that I've called, already have.
I’ve had good luck just mashing the key pad with 40-50 digits when a robotic menu answers a call, it tends to find a human pretty quickly.